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Dec 29, If you grow an avocado plant from seed, the shoot typically grows into a single, spindly stem. When it reaches 6 to 8 inches in height, remove half its height to prompt the plant to branch out.

Nov 25, When the stem of the avocado is between 6 and 7 inches tall, prune the stem back to 3 inches. When the stem has leaves again, pot the plant in humus-rich soil. When the plant stem reaches a. Aug 17, You can also just keep the cutting moist by watering regularly.

Keep the cutting indoors and in a sunny area. Transplant into a larger pot or directly outdoors if you live in USDA zone 4 or 5. Place your avocado tree in well draining soil and full sun. Fertilize indoor avocados every 3 weeks and outdoor trees every month for the first bushleaning.barted Reading Time: 2 mins. Aug 21, Planting avocado trees only feet apart means that you must either let their canopies merge or you will have to prune yearly if not twice yearly in order to keep them growing as independent units.

Here are three avocado trees planted in front of a house in Carpinteria that form a green screen. From left to right: Fuerte, Bacon, bushleaning.bars: Aug 05, The first serious trimming should occur when the plant is only 12 inches tall.

At that time, cut it back to 6 inches and allow for new leaves and stems to form. As it gets taller, pinch off new growth throughout the summer to force new branches to form, because avocado fruit develops on new bushleaning.barcal Name: Persea americana.

Aug 18, Trimming a leggy avocado plant should be done in fall or winter, before spring growth appears. Avoid pruning the plant when it’s actively growing. To prevent a young plant from becoming weak and spindly, trim the central stem to about half its height when it reaches 6 to 8 inches ( cm.). This should force the plant to branch bushleaning.barted Reading Time: 2 mins.